Economics (7th Edition) (What's New in Economics)
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Author: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.2.9PA
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The reason for not selling the rating services directly to the investors.
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